Richard Napper Williams was 23 when he was shot just after midnight on Monday, May 25, 2015, outside a bar on the 1700 block of Luzerne Street in the Tioga-Nicetown section of Philadelphia. Police were called at about 12:34 a.m. and found him with multiple gunshot wounds; he was struck in the chest and neck and died later that morning at Temple University Hospital.

A close family friend described him as an aspiring musician who called her frequently and had been calling unusually often the night before his death. She said Richard was walking with a friend near 17th Street and Luzerne when gunfire erupted; it is not known whether the shots came from a car, a passerby, or someone on foot. He had been involved with a group called C.R.I.M.E., Conscious Rebels Inspiring Modern Enlightenment, which worked with younger boys in the neighborhood.

The Philadelphia Police Department listed the case as unsolved and sought the public’s help; the city offered reward money for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Did anyone in the community have contact with Richard or see him that night who could help investigators?